...Aftonbladet with Robert Collin does the largest winter tire test in Sweden in collaboration with Test World.
https://www.testworld.fi These tests are done every year before the winter tire season and below you can see the results.
Here you can read the test in its entirety at Aftonbladet...
3rd place: X-Ice snow. Michelin brakes extremely well on ice, to be a tire without studs. And it works just as well. The side grip is a bit worse and the tire steers a little too slowly when you turn the steering wheel quickly. But it still always feels just as calm. On snow, the tire is just as safe and secure and helps the driver to get right even after minor wrong decisions.
On asphalt, the braking distances are a little too long, but the tire is calm in most situations. In an extreme evasive maneuver, the steering is a bit inaccurate, but the rear wheels always hold up nicely, which saves the situation.
The tire does not track in studded tracks or on a worn winter road and rolls easily.
Good: Grip and snow and ice. Always calm driving characteristics.
Bad: Braking on asphalt.
2nd place: VikingContact7.
Continental is excellent on ice. It brakes quickly and the driving characteristics in extreme situations are both fast and accurate. The boundary between grip and cord is soft and the tire forgives a driver error. On snow, the tire is best of all in the test, easily controlled in all situations and there is always plenty of grip.
On wet asphalt it is also good. It steers a bit slowly during an evasive maneuver but is stable and calm without unpleasant surprises. On dry roads you can lose grip at the back during a tough evasive maneuver.
It is medium stable on a track and medium easy to roll.
Good: Grip and driving characteristics on ice and snow.
Bad: Driving characteristics on dry asphalt.
!st place: Nokian R3.
To be an unstudded tire, the Hakka R3 works very well on ice. It brakes well but the best are the excellent driving characteristics. It steers safely and precisely and retains some grip, even after you have started to skid on the road. Very good to handle it without studs. The tire is, perhaps less surprisingly, just as good on snow with always equally calm and safe properties.
On wet and dry asphalt, Hakka 3 is better than average, which is an achievement because the ice and bare ground properties are always opposite. The tire steers slightly slowly, but is safe with good grip at the rear during a quick evasive maneuver.
The tire is quiet and very easy to roll, but tracks a little on a tracky road.
Good: Driving characteristics on ice, snow and asphalt. Rolling resistance
Bad: -.